Morrison renshaw



(No Model.)

M. RENSHAW.

GURTMN PASTENING.

Patented Aug. 5.18940.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORRISON RENSHAW, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE SVIFT- RENSHAVMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CURTAIN-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,821, dated August5, 1890. Application led February 1, 1889. Serial No. 298.356. (Nomodel.)

.To all whom t may concern..-

Be it known that I, MORRISON RENsHAW, of the city of St. Louis, in theState of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful ImprovementinCurtain-Fastenings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this speciication, and in which- 1o FigureIis a perspective viewof my improved fastening. Fig. II is a side elevation, showing also partof a curtain. Fig. III is a longitudinal section through the outer endof the fastening. Fig. IV is a perspective view with the spring-catchremoved. Fig. Vis a perspective view of the catch. Fig. VI is a view ofthe blank from which the catch is made. Fig. VII is an end view of thedevice.

zo My invention relates to an improved fastening for curtains ofbuggies, carriages, the., but which may be used for other purposes towhich it may be adapted; and my invention consists in features ofnovelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, l represents a shank, which may be driveninto or otherwise secured to the top of a carriage or buggy.

3o At the outer end of this shank is a shoulder or disk 3, beyond whichis a head 4. The head is grooved or mortised out, as shown at 5, toreceive a spring-catch 6, the free end of which protrudes beyond thehead near the outer end thereof, as shown in Figs. IfII, and III. Thisspring is preferably made of a plain strip of metal (shown in Fig. VI)by bending it upwardly, as shown at 7, Fig. Y,

and rearwardly, and slightly downwardly, as

4o shown at 8, then upwardly and forwardly, as shown at 9, and thendownwardly, as shown at lO, until its end bears upon the portion 8 ofthe bend. It will be noticed that the upper sides of the portions 9 andl() are convex. The lower end l1 of the spring would be secured to thelower wall or bottom of the slot 5 near the front end thereof.

l2 represents part of the curtain, which is provided with a suitableeyelet 13 to lit over 5o each fastening. The eyelet preferably consistsof a thimble or ring 14, having a wide inner iiange 15 and a narrowouter flange 16, that fits over a disk or ring 17.

By forming the spring-catch 6 as I have described it has an apex orpoint 18, from which it inclines downwardly in both directions.

In attaching the curtain all that is necessary to do is to place theeyelet over the head 4 and push it inwardly. The apex of the 6o springwill recede under the pressure, and the eyelet will pass in against ltheshoulder or disk 3. The spring will then yprotrude from the slot again,as shown in Fig. II, and the curtain will be held on the head of thefastening by the spring.

1vVhen it is desired to disconnect the curtain, all that is necessary todo is to give an outward pull on it, the force being applied aboutequally above and below the head of 7o the fastening. The eyelet-bearingon the inclined inner surface of the head of the spring-catch will causethe head to recede into the slot or groove 5, the spring bending at 7,and allow the eyelet to pass. The catch thus operates automatically inconnecting and disconnecting the curtain. l

I claim as niy inventionl. In a fastening for curtains, dac., thecombination of the grooved head, a springlocated 8o in the groove of thehead, and a curtain having an eyelet, said spring havingoppositelyinclined faces with convex Lipper sides, whereby it is adaptedto act as a catch and to yield automatically under the inward andoutward pressure of the curtain, which constitutes the sole means ofcausing the spring to yield, substantially as shown and described. y

2. In a fastening for curtains, dre., the combination of a head having agroove 5 and a go spring fitting in said recess formed of astrip ofmetal by being bent to form an upturned portion 7 at the back of therecess, a forwardly-extending portion 8, an upwardly and rearwardlyinclined portion 9, and a downwardly and rearwardly inclined portion l0,the lower end ll of the spring being secured in the front end of therecess, substantially, as set forth. j Y

BENJN. A. KNIGHT, EDW. S. KNIGHT,

